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• Apple Says SVP Bob Mansfield “No Longer” on Executive Team, But Gives No Explanation as to Why – Mansfield had quit Apple, only to be lured back to become senior VP of Technologies. But his bio was removed Sunday from the company’s executive team pages, and Apple has offered only a vague explanation as …

• Spygate Lawsuit Accuses NSA of Unconstitutional ‘Dragnet Electronic Surveillance’ – A broad coalition of groups sues the NSA in the wake of disclosures about its electronic surveillance. • Responding to government legal demands for customer data – Microsoft again details, as much as it legally can, what it does and does not provide to …

• Nations Buying as Hackers Sell Computer Flaws – Flaws found in software can sell for as much as $150,000. • Has Patent, Will Sue: An Alert to Corporate America – The NYTimes profiles the patent troll who filed more lawsuits last year than anyone else. • One Microsoft: will Ballmer’s big reset mean better …

• AT&T to acquire Leap Wireless in $1.2 billion deal – Leap Wireless is better known as Cricket. AT&T’s in it for the spectrum and getting further into the budget phone market. But AT&T agrees to buy Leap Wireless: Will regulators let this one through? • How the U.S. is forcing Internet firms’ hands on …

• Microsoft Restructuring Set for Thursday – That’s the last day of the Worldwide Partner Conference, now underway in Houston. The company is expected to shuffle chairs to focus on devices and services, according to AllThingsD. • Justice Dept. defends secret rulings in new spy court filing – The feds want the surveillance court to …

• Venezuela and Nicaragua offer asylum to Edward Snowden – The offer’s made, but will Snowden accept it, and can he even get to either of those countries from Moscow, where he’s holed up. Also ‘Restore The 4th’ galvanizes over 100 nation-wide protests against NSA, PRISM, and government spying • How To Opt Out Of …

• European PRISM anger gains momentum with fresh cloud warnings and data threats – European leaders are urging their constituents to avoid U.S.-based Web services in the wake of disclosures about the NSA’s PRISM surveillance program. And EU votes to support suspending U.S. data sharing agreements, including passenger flight data • Google ordered to rewrite …

• Motorola Debuts its First Ad for Upcoming Moto X Smartphone – The ad, running in national newspapers today, touts the Moto X’s American design and manufacture, as well as customization. But there are no details about the device, nor any photos of it. And Moto X will not be a Droid on Verizon • …

• Yahoo Tumblrs for Cool: Board Approves $1.1 Billion Deal as Expected – The deal is expected to be announced as early as today. And Yahoo! and Tumblr: It’s About Display, Streams & Native at Scale [Update: And the deal is done.] • Why Yahoo Doesn’t Think Tumblr Has a Porn Problem – Tumblr only …

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